Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-11

T. E. Halls, special agent OF the |. b. 4
W, is in the city today.
Mr.. ID. E. Hardy is confined to his home
on Pearl street with a sprained back.
Miss Carrie Lake of Philadelphia is the
guest, for a short time, Of friends in the
city.
Councilman James r. Russell is confined
to his home by malarial fever and severe
cold.
Frank Ryan, Tom Sullivan and Charles
Daily were arrested yesterday for lettering
about the city.
The tapping of the Central fire engine
gong at IL a. m. was caused by the break
ing of lines somewhere.
W. A. Gross 4 Co. have just purchased
another fne team of dappled grays for
their business and they re es ties
Miss Edith Carver OF COiImOus is the
guest of the Misses Carr of Clark street
She leaves tomorrow for Troy, on visit.
Miss Lillian Kelley will return Thursday
from visit In Sidney. the guest Of Miss
Jean McCaslin and Miss Eleanor IngersOll
Dr. Russell Is handsomely refitting his
Office. There is grave suspicion that the
doctor is becoming a giddy dude in his
tastes.
The family of DIR. Montgomery has
arrived from Detroit and will make
Springfield their future home. They will
dereside at 55 west Columbia. street.
The funeral of John McCarty, Of Enon,
occurred this morning at the ST. Raphael
Catholic church, and was largely attended.
Deceased was 6s years of age and died of
consumption.
Regular meeting of the W. r. C. next
Thursday, January Is. at a:SO p. m. As
the Installing officer can not be with US this
week, full attendance on Thursday is
served 10 make further arrangements.
The revival meetings at st Paul open
auspieiOusly. There have already been
several conversions. The singing from
Gospel Hymns is special feature. Last
evening a choir of fifty voices was organized,
and the number will be increased to one
hundred.
A comet is now visible to the naked eye,
a little above the eastern horizon. 1t rises
about a. IN, and makes beautiful object
in the telescope-a fine halo of light sur
rounding white mass in the center. A
short nepulous tail is visible. Get up early
and take peep at it.
Miss Lille CARRIER, formerly of this city,
but novIof Springfield, received a diploma
last week from Williss's College of Short
Hand for accuracy and speed as an aman-
uensis. This institution never grants
student diploma until they can write one
hundred words a minute, legibly.-Urbana
Citizen.
A dead dog. frozen stiff and standing
bolt upright III the iciness of death on the
top Of freight car, leering of to one side
of the track with his eyes dead set on ev-
erything he passed, was a unique cOnceit
perpetrated by the men on John Browns
freight train that arrived here yesterday
afternoon on the Little Miami road.
The case of - Heffern against Charles
Bradley and John COhan was argued on
motion in common pleas court today. John
Cohan was stakeholder for Heffern and
Bradley in bet of $500 on the recent lie
Blanche Robinson fight" which failed TO
come of because the Marine failed to show
up. COhan paid the money over to Brad
ley who bet on Robinson and hence the
litigation. The case is one of considerable
interest
A late issue of the Burlington (Vt.) IN
dependent says: 'Grenville Howard
leaves this city this morning for Spring
field, Ohio. TO be absent some months. Mr..
Howard is bright energetic young man
of good character and habits, we'll educated
and capable. If he should decide 10 remain
there permanently, Burlington will be the
loser of one more of the class of young men
that ought to be induced to remain at home
instead of going west" Mr.. Howard has
entered Williss's College of Shorthand.
He was formerly connected with the Bur
lingtOn Daily Free Press.